No bufferingno delays, no glitches

Meet

the Commuter

She travels to work every day. She enjoys watching the morning shows and catching up on the last episode of her favorite crime TV series she downloaded to her phone the night before.

She frequently experiences bandwidth issues on her commute so can’t always access her recorded videos. She also follows a couple of series, so storage space is important to her.

How we do it?

Download to go – the ability to download part of, or entire, TV content for offline viewing on mobile devices, particularly useful when the network is not reliable

On the fly repackaging at the edge – the TV content is repackaged just-in-time on request, saving storage space in the network and using less bandwidth

Meet

The TV Binger

He likes to watch a whole TV series in one go. He cannot stand buffering half way through a program, and he hates having to wait before the next episode starts. Sometimes he enjoys an episode or a scene so much he would watch it again and again.

How we do it?

Edge caching – unlimited VOD storage in the network close to the viewers for fast playback (via services like cloud DVR) and minimize backhaul traffic

Real-time VOD creation – recording can be scheduled automatically to create VOD library while the live TV content is being broadcast

Content protection – recording time window is indexed to comply with the content rights or license, effectively removing VODs that are outside the window, or limit access to content by geography or subscriber type – and a unique digital watermark embedded on-the-fly deters piracy

Meet

The Device Addict

Smartphones, tablets, laptops – are simply screens to her. She doesn’t care which device she uses to watch her TV, she just wants it to work. Sometimes she stops watching a movie on her tablet and continues later on her laptop.

She would rather spend her money on buying new devices, so she saves by watching free content online, which often comes with adverts.

How we do it?

Cross-device bookmarking – time indexes using EPG are created to enable bookmarking so that it remembers where you stop watching even when you change device

Guaranteed ad delivery – adverts are inserted on the server side of the network to overcome ad blockers installed at client devices

Meet

The Sports Fanatic

He will never miss a match or that perfect goal. Of course, he has a large UHD TV. He likes to examine his favorite scenes – rewind, pause, start-over, choosing different camera angles. And when an important big match is on live, he will not tolerate any delays or glitches.

How we do it?

Smooth onboarding of millions of viewers for one event – predicting session load and asset request consolidation ensures smooth access to even the biggest live events

Trick play with subsecond latency – the ability to start-over, pause-live, catch-up on live TV broadcast with subsecond latency (industry average at >20 seconds)

Best recording playback – auto-selection of the highest quality recordings (e.g. no packet loss) to be streamed for 4K scale in playback

Recording in the past – the ability to record live TV occurred in the past, particularly useful if a program goes beyond planned recording schedule, e.g. a soccer match with extra time can be recorded and viewed without missing the penalty shootout

Deploy

DEPLOY

Anywhere

Edgeware products offer different deployment options. Deploy our software products in the cloud, in datacenters or on bare metal. Combine this with Edgeware’s own purpose-built TV servers to build a TV CDN with guaranteed performance right out-of-the-box.

This unique mix and match combination gives you the best of two worlds; agile software deployment and deterministic hardware performance.